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abseil

Letters that make abseil

s, a, b, e, l, i are letters that make 'abseil'

Words within abseil

AB, ab, BS, SE, il, IL, BSE, ABS, Se, Ab are words within 'abseil'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of abseil

abseils is a word created by adding a letter to 'abseil'

abseil is a 6 letter word starting with a
abseil is a 6 letter word ending with l

2 possible definitions for 'abseil'

Abseil as "lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside"

Under this definition, abseil is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rappel, rope down have the same meaning as 'abseil'

abseil as a type

'abseil' can be a type of go down, come down, descend, fall.

abseil as a category

'abseil' can be a category of sport, athletics.

Entailments to abseil

mountaineer is an entailment to 'abseil'.

Example of abseil used within this context

"The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous", "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"

Abseil as "(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body"

Under this definition, abseil is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rappel has the same meaning as abseil

abseil as a type

'abseil' can be a type of descent.

abseil as a category

'abseil' can be a category of mountain climbing, mountaineering.